Rosa Camuna vs Silter
Rosa Camuna
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Semi-hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Bloomy rind
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- Val Camonica, Lombardy
Rosa Camuna is a mild semi-hard cheese from Val Camonica in Lombardy, Italy. It is made from partially skimmed cow's milk. The wheel is not a plain round. Makers shape it like the Camunian rose, the four-lobed flower carved on rocks in the valley and used as a symbol of Lombardy. A short rest leaves an ivory paste with small, even eyes and a thin rind that carries a light white bloom.
Silter
Facts
- Milk
- Cow
- Texture
- Hard
- Type
- Pressed
- Rind
- Natural rind
- Country
- Italy
- Place
- Lombardy
Silter is a hard cow's milk cheese from the Alpine valleys of Lombardy in northern Italy. Makers start with raw milk and skim off part of the cream, so the paste is firm rather than rich. The wheels carry a hard rind that turns from straw yellow toward brown. The name refers to the local room where cheese is left to mature. It is a mountain cheese meant to keep, not a fresh curd.